Programa de Doctorat en Ciències Polítiques i Socials: Envíos recientes
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Gobernanza transnacional en las relaciones con origen de los inmigrantes: Cataluña en perspectiva
Esta tesis se centra en el debate de las relaciones transnacionales de los inmigrantes con sus países de origen. La aproximación es a través del análisis de actores en los países de destino, tanto públicos como privados, ...
Studies in support for democracy
Citizen support for democratic rule is considered by many scholars as a necessary condition for the consolidation and stability of democratic systems. This dissertation studies support for democracy from three different ...
Are you ready now for another child?: life satisfaction, work-family trajectories and the progression to the second child
This thesis aims to study the relationship between fertility and subjective wellbeing in a sample of Australian couples (source: HILDA 2001-2009), followed from the year of the pregnancy with the first child. In particular, ...
The social mechanisms of political intermediation: three essays on the causes and consequences of political discussion
The general purpose of this thesis is to analyse in which ways the social context—particularly, the intermediation of political information through interpersonal discussion networks—conditions citizens’ attitudes and ...
La difusión de Programas de Transferencia Condicionada en América Latina 1990-2010
Los Programas de Transferencias Condicionadas (PTC) tienen como objetivo la superación de la pobreza proveyendo efectivo a los hogares de bajos ingresos, a condición de que las familias utilicen determinados servicios de ...
Cultural and structural explanations of fertility : the Spanish case at the beginning of the 21sr century
Esta tesis analiza la natalidad en España a principios del S.XXI. Incluye tres capítulos empíricos sobre el impacto de los factores culturales sobre la natalidad, el impacto de los factores estructurales y culturales ...
Measuring the content of national identities and political mobillization through identity saliency
This thesis is a contribution to the empirical research on national identities, nationalism, and political participation, from an individual level perspective of analysis and using survey data. First, this thesis presents ...
Cautious inference : random life course events of parents and children in context
Esta tesis aborda el tema de los experimentos naturales o políticos que afectan el curso de la vida de padres e hijos y de las limitaciones de inferencia en tales experimentos. El primer trabajo "A non-linear Assessment ...
Federalism and the creation of new states : justifying internal secession
This thesis addresses the creation of new states within federal arrangements – particularly federations - and their justification in liberal democratic contexts. It is presented as a set of three cumulative articles. The ...
Male unpaid work and female employment trajectories : a dynamic analysis
This thesis analyzes whether there is an interdependence, at the intra-couple level, between men’s housework and childcare participation and women’s employment and economic position. The first empirical paper examines ...
Moral and political legitimacy of secession : a theoretical and comparative analysis
This doctoral thesis examines the legitimacy of secession in the context of liberal democracies. This is a recent debate in political theory since secession has been an excluded issue by liberal theories of democracy. ...
Accountability for public policies the case of health policy in Spain
This research is a contribution to the analysis, measurement and explanation of accountability for public policies. Firstly, I develop a proposal to analyze and measure accountability for public policies. This proposal is ...
Competing for the centre ground the ideological bias on turnout
This thesis is focused on studying centrist abstention, by analysing crosscountry differences and also, centrist individuals’ propensity to turn out. Despite the literature claiming that abstention is higher on the left, ...
El anarquismo en el espejo judío
En esta investigación abordaremos la confrontación del anarquismo y la politización de la identidad judía. Lo haremos analizando la participación judía en el interior del movimiento y el pensamiento anarquista, los ...
Ethnicity and education in England: ethnic diferentials in academic progress, expectations and choices
This dissertation focuses on the ethnic inequalities in education in the English context. It is structured in three main thematic sections, each of which aims at answering different though highly connected research questions. ...
Couples’ Decisions and Retirement Age in Europe. A comparative study of three traditions of the Welfare State
This research analyses from a theoretical, empirical and comparative perspective couples’ decision-making and retirement ages within seven European Union-15 countries belonging to three Welfare State traditions: Social ...
Socio-economic resources, relationship processes, and separation
This thesis consists of three empirical papers that all study relationship processes and their effects on divorce. Of particular interest is the role that socio-economic resources play in this story. In the first empirical ...
Model territorial, autonomia i votants : els reptes organitzatius del PSOE (2003-2011)
Aquesta tesi doctoral està centrada en el funcionament dels partits d'àmbit estatal (PAES) en estats compostos a través de tres perspectives desenvolupades en quatre capítols: la dimensió orgànica, la institucional i ...
Behind Left and Right. The meaning of left-right orientation in Europe
The left-right concept is considered to facilitate communication and orientation in the political world. It has a long tradition in European politics due to its capacity to absorb different associations over time. ...
Set on competing : contamination effects and parties' entry decisions in mass elections
According to the Duvergerian theories, only viable parties would be expected to stand for elections alone in the long run, whereas nonviable parties would be thought to join a pre-electoral coalition with another party ...
